In-house location based services

摘要

A mobile device of a user discovers topological information about electronic devices in a premise environment, and shares such information with a media gateway. The media gateway uses the topological information to augment content from a server, such as a web page that supports access to media content, to add graphical objects corresponding to those electronic devices in proximity to the mobile device that are capable of reproducing the streaming media content. Selection of the one of the add-on graphical objects causes delivery of the media content to the corresponding electronic device instead of the display of the mobile device. In this manner, a more natural selection mechanism than that available using conventional pull-down lists of options is provided.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a media gateway, a request for content from a mobile device, wherein the request comprises at least information identifying at least one electronic device in a premise environment; accessing, by the media gateway, the content identified in the request; modifying, by the media gateway, the content to include at least one graphical object representing the at least one electronic device in the premise environment; transmitting, by the media gateway, the modified content to the mobile device for display; receiving, by the media gateway, an indication of a selection of the at least one graphical object from the mobile device, the at least one graphical object representing the at least one electronic device capable of displaying the content; directing, by the media gateway, the content to the at least one electronic device corresponding to the selection of the at least one graphical object.